The upgrades to Wildcat lift at Snowbasin are on going. In addition to upgrading the old wildcat triple which seldom ran to a highspeed six pack, they are adding additional snowmaking to wildcat bowl.
https://www.snowbasin.com/blog/wildcat-express-construction-update
The needles gondola has been by far the most busy lift at snowbasin and its not uncommon to see long lines there during mid-season weekends. For skiers that remain on the front-side, you are funneled onto bear hollow or city hill trails. These trails were typically the most congested on the mountain and snow conditions there suffered especially during races / events that were usually held on city hill. Few people took the long in places uphill traverse to wildcat bowl. Wildcat bowl is actually one of the funnest cruisers on the mountain and is certainly the best such pitch on the front-side of the resort. There is also historically good mogul runs like becks that recently don't get enough traffic to form good moguls. There are also some fun powder / corn snow shots like Centennial and beaver slide as well as some tree shots which don't see much skier traffic either.
I think this new 6 pack will thin the crowds on the needles lift. This will reduce some traffic from both bear hollow and city hill trails, hopefully improving the scraped off chunder snow conditions. Also the more aggressive intermediates will be less prevalent on bear hollow and give the beginners more elbow room. Hopefully the moguls will develop more consistently on becks and centennial.
Snowbasin frequently gets very foggy up high when disorganized cold fronts move through. The fog typically lets up just around the top of where the wildcat lift is. Having a good lift lower down that is actually running will almost certainly help during these foggy midweek days.
https://www.snowbasin.com/blog/wildcat-express-construction-update
The needles gondola has been by far the most busy lift at snowbasin and its not uncommon to see long lines there during mid-season weekends. For skiers that remain on the front-side, you are funneled onto bear hollow or city hill trails. These trails were typically the most congested on the mountain and snow conditions there suffered especially during races / events that were usually held on city hill. Few people took the long in places uphill traverse to wildcat bowl. Wildcat bowl is actually one of the funnest cruisers on the mountain and is certainly the best such pitch on the front-side of the resort. There is also historically good mogul runs like becks that recently don't get enough traffic to form good moguls. There are also some fun powder / corn snow shots like Centennial and beaver slide as well as some tree shots which don't see much skier traffic either.
I think this new 6 pack will thin the crowds on the needles lift. This will reduce some traffic from both bear hollow and city hill trails, hopefully improving the scraped off chunder snow conditions. Also the more aggressive intermediates will be less prevalent on bear hollow and give the beginners more elbow room. Hopefully the moguls will develop more consistently on becks and centennial.
Snowbasin frequently gets very foggy up high when disorganized cold fronts move through. The fog typically lets up just around the top of where the wildcat lift is. Having a good lift lower down that is actually running will almost certainly help during these foggy midweek days.